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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Finally, PAS President Tuan Guru Datuk Seri Haji Abdul Hadi bin Haji Awangofficially declines any merger with UMNO or BN to set up a joint Federal Government or any State Government for the matter.

PAS further reiterates that it will remain committed to their pact with the Pakatan Rakyat State Governments as they have agreed and struggled together with the DAP and PKR in the recent 12th General Elections.

PAS as an Islamic Party will remain true to their agreement with the DAP and PKR and will no longer entertain anymore requests from UMNO to collaborate with them and ditch the Pakatan Rakyat.

With this official announcement, the DAP Chairman Tuan Karpal Singhought to acknowledge that PAS will not stab the Pakatan Rakyat Coalition of which they are a member in the back and go eloping with UMNO in the still of the night!

A threesome it has been and a threesome it shall remain. Hope everyone's happy now save for those UMNO fellows.

I mean, UMNO and the BN have had their romp all these while unhindered and they frolicked as they pleased in the corridors of power at Putrajaya all these while.

Seems like their tenancy is about to expire soon so they better get ready to move house and get ready to settle down in newer places.

The Winds of Change are starting to blow and I foresee a total defeat for the BN in the 13th Malaysian GE!

Some say that the number 13 is Abdullah Badawi's favorite number but the 13th GE will just about drive in the last nail into the BN's political coffin?

Let the winners rule in peace whilst the losers start learning how to oppose?

That's only fair, isn't it?

Let the Pakatan Rakyat Coalition do their jobs and prove themselves to the nation failing which we all know that Malaysians nowadays have started to realize that if they set their hearts and minds to it, all the BN's might can do nothing to stop the change that Malaysians voted into place on March the 8th, 2008!

We are looking at the Permatang Pauh By Election which is due to take place now that Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah has quit her MPship to allow Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to stand for elections there!

That is if the Attorney General doesn't issue a warrant for his arrest based on the spurious claim of a political gigolo that he has been buggered by the pending candidate so many times that the Pusrawi Medical Doctor just couldn't believe his eyes looking at the 'immaculate' arsehole and rule otherwise?

Shheeeesshh!!! The low levelness that UMNO has brought down Malaysia to this stinking level?

Breaking news!PKR President Datuk Seri Dr.Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has quit her Member of Parliament seat for Permatang Pauh to make way for her husband Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to contest in a by election there soon effective from today as per the report in Malaysiakini.com.

I think it's appropriate that Anwar gets to contest in the very seat that he used to hold before being sacked by Mahathir.

I also think that it would be not fair to have either Zulkifli Noordin quit his Bandar Baharu Kulim seat or Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim to vacate the Bandar Tun Razak seat either.

Datuk Seri Dr.Wan Azizah deserves a good rest after having held the fort for her beleaguered husband who has gone through political hell and highwater more than any other Malaysian politician to date.

I dare say that the BN camp is gonna be hard pressed to come up with a suitable candidate to contest against the Pakatan Rakyat icon.

Neither Ustaz Firdaus or Ezam can do anything to shake the people's confidence and support for Anwar for the whole nation knows just the type of characters Firdaus and Ezam are and what Anwar has gone through since being victimized in 1998?

Let's see whether justice is still alive in Malaysia and whether the powerbrokers will allow Anwar to contest for the seat in a fair manner or unleash another form of rotten political scheme and agenda to derail the man once again?

To Anwar Ibrahim,

I ask that you watch out for all the nooks and crannies where the demons and iblis are waiting to pounce on you and be on the alert for just about anything as these BN fellas are just bloody infamous for pulling up something unexpected or even imagined?

Learn from your mistakes and watch out for the political remora's!

You failed to heed my advice back then and this Saiful political gigolo character sneaked into your camp and has caused you harm. If only you had heeded my words?

Anyway, it's all out in the open today and with the medical examination report exonerating you from having anything to do with that fellow's arse, it is high time that you shield yourself from any other surprises?

I have told you that before and I will repeat my same advice to you in watching your back - no pun intended.

These fellas are known to hit below the belt and worse. They'd drive a knee up yours as well!

Well, I am sure that most of us rational Malaysians have just had enough of the way truth and justice have been continuously sodomized in this country!

Damn! Sodomy is now the most common word in this nation that pretends itself to be the paragon of Islamic awareness as witnessed by the endless symposiums, seminars, talks, gatherings of so called Islamic scholars with degrees and scrolls attesting to their Islamic achievements but in reality this country is fast turning into a cesspool of filth and moral degradation!!!

I for one do not recognize that this country's rulers have done all that they can to uphold the true principles of Islam nor acknowledge that the Malay Sultans have actually done anything for the state of the Muslims of this pretentious nation!!!

Which Malay Sultan has actually lived up to his duty and role as the Keeper of Islam in his respective state?

Which Malay Sultan or Raja Melayu has actually lived up to the standard of Almarhum Sultan Alaudin Ri'ayat Shah, the famous anti crime, anti Maksiat busting Sultan of Melaka of an era gone by?

If we are to dig deep into the lifestyles of the aristocrats and so called Keepers of the Islamic faith here in this al Mamluk al Malaisie, we will turn red with embarrassment at what we uncover!

What is stopping Their Majesties from speaking up against the Oceans of Maksiat deluging this country?

Who can stop them from ordering that any such kind of sin over which they are held accountable be nipped in the bud and that the so called Islamic authorities are actually allowed to do their jobs in overseeing the affairs of the Muslim ummah of Malaysia?

Their Majesties seem content to just be idle observers of the nation going into the abyss of human social and moral degradation!

You want to fool around in Malaysia? Hell yeah! There are just about anything that sin cities like Haadyai, Patpong, Amsterdam, etc. have to offer that is so easily available here in Malaysia Boleh land!

Today, we are seeing how irresponsible and morally bankrupt the buggers in power are attempting to destroy the future of this country by systematically and willfully break all rules of proper conduct and governance by bending, twisting, fabricating, all known acceptable norms of the implementation of justice!

The rule of law is now just a matter of what the Executive interprets it to be and all the various departments and agencies of government of this land are nothing but mere facades of what they are supposed to be?

From Putrajaya to Parliament, the idiots in power seem to think that Malaysians are still living in attap huts and riding bullock carts to be in a state of mind and mental limbo land that we can't figure out as to who is speaking the truth and who the hell are trying their level best to screw their political nemesis in any and every way possible?

My disgust is further compounded with the way so called medical professionals prostitute themselves and the remnants of any integrity that they might possess in bending over backwards to accommodate the libeling and character assassination of a human being who so happens to be the one who is rallying Malaysians to overthrow the 51 years old regime of the Barisan Nasional from continuing to dictate over this country!!!

Now, PUSRAWI officials are stating that the Medical Doctor who ruled out any attempted sodomy of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan after his medical examination of that political gigolo's arsehole to be that of a normal, unsodomized male beyond any doubts is NOT QUALIFIED to come to that decision???

Yet in another report, the hospital authorities say that Dr.Mohamed Osman is a good doctor and that they do not question his findings?

What a confusing manner is this flip flopping of statements accusing the doctor of being not specialized in the field of rectal examinations and in the same vein, say that he is an 'A Okay' doctor?

What other specialized qualifications does a well established medical doctor like Dr.Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid need in order to confirm that the political gigolo has not been buggered?

It's an insult to the professionalism of Dr.Mohamed Osman and he should sue the bollocks of those who are libelling him as being not qualified in his profession!!!

Click here to read about the good doctor's background. Don't tell me that after all these years of being a medical doctor, he can't tell the difference between someone's who has been buggered and someone who is obviously not?

I have sensed all along that these dirty scoundrels masquerading as the leaders of this country's federal government will not act honorably towards their political opponents and will not waste a second using all the filthiest tricks of the trade to frame Anwar Ibrahim with the sodomite tag as best as they can?

All I can say is that I have lost all confidence in this nation's current government and all its law enforcement agencies or even the so called justice department.

It's all a sham and we all know it.

Justice has long been prostituted and sold off for a pittance in Malaysia and all the extravagant luxurious buildings erected in Putrajaya come to mean nothing but empty vassals of a dictator's dream to substitute true justice for the sham that even he now regrets and bemoans in his www.chedet.com blog.

As far as I see it, the sodomy charge is just a fabrication meant to stifle Anwar's march to Putrajaya and as a desperate attempt to throw a spanner in his political reform works.

In today's world, some people are willing to sell their souls and arse to the devils for a chance to live in style!

To hell with principles, good manners and decency!

Seems so, doesn't it?

See this video showing the Deputy Inspector General of the Royal Malaysian Police, Tan Sri Ismail Omar say that:'Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang telah melakukan kesalahan liwat'stating without the slightest of doubt that 'Anwar has sodomized the political gigolo' in this interview by The Star mainstream BN asskissing media:

Looks like Anwar has already been judged guilty by the Deputy IGP before Anwar has even been charged with the alleged crime.

To those who understand the implications of such a statement, it is not a matter of the Deputy IGP stating 'dituduh' @ 'accused of' or 'yang dilaporkan' @ 'reported to have' but a direct statement to a mainstream national news organization that 'Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim YANG TELAH MELAKUKAN KESALAHAN LIWAT!'..@ Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim HAS SODOMIZED, the implications of the Deputy IGP's words are very seriously damaging to the person being accused here.

Now, we can safely conclude that we don't need the courts to waste time on this case for the Deputy IGP has already deemed Anwar guilty as charged not by the courts but by a 23 year old strapping political gigolo who is safely being guarded and protected by the Royal Malaysian Police Force.

Fat chance of Anwar getting justice in this land. He is screwed for sure because that's the way this country operates.

Malaysians will just mind their own business and let the BN ruin this nation as they damn well please!

Do you even dare to disagree?

The Deputy IGP further states that all online news reports by the media or the 'blogosphere' are false.

So dear folks, the next time you are not clear about anything, you know who to ask and clarify your doubts and queries, eh?

He's the man!

Isn't Malaysia truly blessed to have such paragons of the truth and nothing but the damn truth?

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Behold Encik Raymond Crooke, a dedicated Tan Sri P.Ramlee fan who can not only remember the lyrics of most of P.Ramlee songs but sings and strums his guitar well, putting to shame many modern day Malays who can't come even close to his prowess!

In this age when many Malays are shy of speaking their own mother tongue, the existence of someone like Encik Raymond Crooke is just a sharp reminder to these so called city Malays to slap themselves silly and reawaken to their birth rights.

Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa! Remember that all you modern Malays?

Three cheers for Raymond Crooke!!! I am honored to come across you in Youtube sir!

Let's listen to Encik Raymond Crooke sing:

'Getaran Jiwa' :

Here's P.Ramlee singing the original version from the film 'Antara Dua Darjat':

Back to Raymond:

'Renjis renjis dipilis'

'Aci aci buka pintu'

Encik Raymond also is good with a Singaporean classic 'Geylang si Paku Geylang' :

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

I shot this short film on Cargas Cafe, home of the famous Bayan Lepas Killer Fried Chicken and spicy, mouthwatering Stingray Fish Curry!

It was amazing to watch the customers practically intercept the incoming freshly fried chicken pieces before they even made it to the counter!

The fried chicken pieces are sought after so much because they just taste so good!

The Bayan Lepas Killer Fried Chicken of Cargas Cafe are deep fried after being marinated with some specially blended secret spices that makes customers sing praises about them!

After 10 minutes, every incoming tray of fried chicken are all gone!

Within a few minutes of shooting the video, by the time I returned for the next shot, the only remaining fried chicken are the neck pieces....fuyoo!!! Talk about gone in a few minutes!!!

I myself didn't get the chance to sample the mouthwatering, lip smacking delicious fried chicken or even the Kari Ikan Pari which were an obvious winner with the multi ethnic crowd who just love eating at Cargas Cafe!

If you happen to be visiting Penang and particularly Bayan Lepas, mosey on down to the most happening Cargas Cafe along the main road of Bayan Lepas Old Town!

Well, it seems that what I envisioned over a year back has actually come into the picture today albeit for the wrong reasons!

Why do I say that?

Well, UMNO is only being gregarious in wooing PAS to join forces with them in a political merger today borne out of their political necessity and not because they really, really are so concerned about the Malay Muslim situation?

Before the March 8th 2008, General Elections, any similar suggestion by anyone would be severely ridiculed and joked as a dream?

Yes sirree! The UMNO big shots would have guffawed out loud and rolled on the floor laughing their hearts and heads off!

PAS leaders on the other hand would have turned dead serious and sprouted more frowns on their foreheads than a wrinkly old great grandmother and spewed off fatwa's castigating this proposal as an outrightly forbidden haram thingy!!!

Today, we hear that PAS and UMNO are open to the idea of having muqabalah talks with the aim to bring together the nation's two largest Malay political parties supposedly for the sake of reconciliation and amending political differences and strife's between them.

I somehow smell a rat and this rat seems hellbent on gnawing through the freshly tied Pakatan Rakyat rope holding together the aspirations of the Malaysians in the 5 Peninsular States who have successfully routed the entrenched 51 years old BN Governments from Penang, Kedah, Perak , Selangor and Kelantan!

I wonder if UMNO would even bother to have a cuppa with the likes of Tuan Guru Datuk Hj Nik Aziz Nik Mat had the BN still managed to retain all those states in the 12th Malaysian GE?

As predicted, it is now okay for UMNO top leaders and Members of Parliament to be seen having a boisterous chat in Parliament with their PAS counterparts.

It all boils down to the matter of what they really want from PAS?

To me, I see UMNO being interested in these 'muqabalah' talks with PAS just because they no longer have the edge over the nation's largest and longest surviving Malay Islamic Party.

If the situation was otherwise, you can bet that these UMNO chaps will not even have the time to greet the PAS MP's with even a Salam?

Vested interests my man! Vested interests!

Anyway, the recent developments in a way have come to make my dreams of seeing a united Ummah at least materialize in a small way.

Whether this overture comes into being with a solid, united Malay Muslim jama'ah, has yet to be realized?

I for one say that it is okay to have dialogues and discussions but just learn from both UMNO and PAS's past mistakes and to be sincere in seeking the way out for Islam to prevail and to accord to each other the mutual respect and goodwill that should be given as the proper manner by which to strike a mutually beneficial decision.

As for now, the United Muslims National Organization seems to be a very attractive idea!

The in depth question is how sincere are both parties in forging a strong solid everlasting bond based just on Islamic ties only?

If the day that PAS deserts the Pakatan Rakyat in favor of merging with UMNO ever comes into being, they risk destroying all that they have come to accomplish after all those 51 long years of selfless sacrifices and personal struggles?

The Non Malay Malaysians will surely no longer throw in their support to PAS from that day onwards!!!

If the treachery and criminal breach of trust of the Malaysian people's trusts on PAS as part of the Pakatan Rakyat ever comes into being, the future of PAS will forever be doomed as UMNO has times and times again through the annals of Time, proven that they will do all that it takes to ensure their political renaissance?

Picture shows Shahidan Kassim, the former Perlis MB gesturing dismissively at PAS supporters during the last general elections.

Can PAS afford to risk it all for the sake of a brief fling in the political powerhouse bedroom?

Is this gonna be a case of sincere muqabalah or a political nikah muta'ah?

If it is the latter, I dare not picture the consequences for PAS?

It will mean the beginning of The End for Malaysia's largest Islamic party!

Woe be to Najib Tun Razak, Abdullah Badawi, Syed Hamid Albar & Saiful Bukhari Azlan if it is true that they have all plainly conspired against Anwar Ibrahim by concocting this sodomy charge against the PKR defacto leader!

As proven by the medical report issued by Dr.Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid (MBBS Rangoon) of Hospital Pusrawi (above) who found no evidence of sodomy having ever been perpetrated upon the complainant Saiful Bukhari Azlan by either Anwar Ibrahim or any other person whatsoever!!!

I am totally disgusted that we have these kind of people running the Malaysian Government and that Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan has allowed himself to be made into a political gigolo by the 3 culprits concerned!

All I can say is that these fellows better take a good look at Surah Humaza Chapter 104 Verse 1 of the Holy Al Qur'an Al Kareem:

1. Waylun likulli humazatin lumazatin

1. Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter!

Either these people may be very devious or plainly very stupid to expect that Malaysians will fall for the lousiest trick in the book of shouting sodomy when it has been so bloody proven that Saiful Bukhari's arse is still in its original state!

How low can these folks go?

Man!!! I know that these UMNO fellows can be so dirty but this expose really has left me seething that these scandal mongers expect Malaysians to believe their claims that Anwar went ahead and buggered this fellow so many times and the idiot didn't have the balls to either kick Anwar's ass to kingdom come or whack the living daylights out of Anwar IF Anwar did ever attempt anything of the kind!!!

The BN leadership have lost their moral grounds to continue ruling over this land!!!

I say that it's high time for a REFERENDUM to be called for in Parliament!

The Pusrawi Hospital's medical report proving that Saiful Bukhari is a bloody mole planted by the UMNO top league.

You can twist; you can turn as much as you wish but we the Malaysian people have long been sick and tired of your low class political shenanigans!

If you were Japanese, the samurai code of bushido will have required all 4 of you to commit seppukku!

Unluckily for us, you guys aren't!

The nation would truly be better served with the disappearance of all 4 of you from the face of the Earth and all Malaysians can stand a better chance of living life in as dignified and respectable a manner as we well and truly deserve!

It gives me great pleasure to share with you a series of excellently produced videos showcasing the Seven Wonders of the Muslim World.

In this age where we have with us the power of the internet and the Youtube service here, it becomes possible to reach out to each other all over the world and share these great videos which highlights the beauty of Islam and to show viewers that there is more to Islam than what is being misinformed to the general human populace by some biased media platforms and news agencies.

I believe that Mankind today have come to a stage where they can see for themselves as to what is true and what is false?

Rational ones amongst us will be able to see the truth that is in Islam and those who have been misinformed can now take a step back and reconsider as to what they have come to conclude about Islam and recheck all such facts and figures before coming to a final decision with regard to the fastest growing faith in the world.

Part One.

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Part Seven

Part Eight (Final Part)

Beauty of Islam is only appreciated by those who have come to taste the elixir of Iman and have come to love its Ibadah as something that comes so naturally to the one who has been blessed with the Yakin in Ar Rahman.

Insya Allah, I am sure that those of you who have the fitrah of sincerity in submission and surrender of yourself to the worship of Allah will come to understand what it is that I am trying to share here with you?

May Allah the Almighty bless and guide us towards achieving the apex of our being that is to be amongst those who have come to understand that 'There is none worthy of worship and offered prayers to than Allah Ar Rahman Ar Raheem'.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Have you ever wondered about the sayings in the Attahiyat Awal and Attahiyat Akhir that we have to recite during our Solat?

I have been studying about this matter for quite some time and I reflect back to the Israk and Mikraj of our beloved Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam from Kaabah, Baitullah in Makkah al Mukarramah to the Masjidil Al Aqsa in Baitulmaqdis.

We have all studied and learned from the Hadiths of our Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam about the manner by which the Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam was taken by Jibreel Alaihis Salam, the Archangel of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala through the Heavens to Allah’s Presence.

The Night journey and the Ascension of Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam

1. Glory to (Allah) Who did take His servant for a Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did bless,- in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for He is the One Who heareth and seeth (all things).

which means: [Praise be to Allah Who enabled His slave, Muhammad, to make the journey at night from Masjid al-Haram in Makkah to Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem, which is surrounded a blessed land.]

This journey is also confirmed in the sahih hadith. As such, there is scholarly consensus (ijma^) Prophet Muhammad journeyed in body and soul the night of al-Isra’ from Masjid al-Haram in Makkah to Masjid al-Aqsain Jerusalem.

Moreover, these scholars indicated the person who denies al-Isra’ is a blasphemer for belying the explicit text of the Qur’an.

Before the Prophet took this night journey, the ceiling of the house in which he was staying was opened, and Jibril descended.

He cut open the chest of Prophet Muhammad and washed that open area with Zamzam water.

Then he emptied something from a container into the chest of the Prophet to increase his wisdom as well as the strength of his belief. This was done to prepare the Messenger of Allah for that which he had yet to see in the upper world from among the wonders of the creation of Allah.

Al-Isra’

After the Prophet performed the Evening Prayer (^Isha’), Jibril came to him with a white animal, slightly larger than a donkey yet smaller than a mule. This animal was the Buraq,–one of the makhluk @ creatures of Paradise.

Jibril held the buraq by his ear and told the Prophet to mount it. When the buraq was mounted, the Prophet set forth.

The buraq is a very fast animal; the length of the buraq’s stride is the farthest distance it’s eye can see.

The Prophet and Jibril arrived to a land with palm trees. Jibril told the Prophet to dismount and pray, so the Prophet dismounted the buraq and prayed two rak'as.

Jibril asked him, “Do you know where you prayed?” and the Prophet answered, “Allah knows best.” Jibril told him, “This is Yathrib; this is Taybah. “.” (These are two names for the city of al-Madinah.)

Before the Prophet emigrated to al-Madinah, it was called Taybah and Yathrib. It earned the name al-Madinah after the Prophet emigrated to it.

The buraq continued with the Prophet and Jibril until they reached another place. Again Jibril told the Prophet to get down and pray. The Prophet dismounted there and prayed two rak’as. Jibril informed the Prophet of the name of that place; it was Tur Sina’.

Once again the buraq took off with the Prophet and Jibril. Once again it stopped, and the Prophet dismounted and prayed two rak'as.

This was in Bayt Lahm, where Prophet Isa (Jesus) was born. Then the buraq continued with the Messenger of Allah until they entered the city of Jerusalem.

There the Prophet went to Masjid al-Aqsa. Outside was a ring used by the Messengers of Allah to tie their animals.

The Prophet tied his buraq to this ring.

Then the Prophet entered the masjid where Allah assembled for him all the Prophets–from Adam to Isa.

Prophet Muhammad moved forward and led them all in prayer. This is an indication that the Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam is higher in status than all the rest of the prophets and messengers and is their Imam.

1- On Prophet Muhammad’s journey from Masjid al-Haram to Masjid al-Aqsa, Allah enabled him to see some of His wondrous creations.

Allah enabled the Prophet to see the world (dunya) like an old woman. However, this old woman was wearing a great deal of jewelry, and in this there is an indication signifying the reality of the world.

2- Allah enabled the Prophet to see Iblis. The Prophet saw something on the side of the road which did not dare to stand in his way or speak to him. What the Prophet saw was Iblis.

Originally, Iblis was a believer and lived with the angels in Paradise. When Allah ordered the angels to prostrate (sujud) to Prophet Adam, Iblis was ordered to prostrate to him as well. The angels prostrated to Adam in obedience to Allah, because angels do not disobey Allah.

However, Iblis did not obey, and he objected to the order of Allah. He said, “You created me out of fire, and You created him out of clay. How do You order me to prostrate to him?” So this objection by Iblis to the order of Allah was the first blasphemy he committed.

3- On his journey, the Prophet smelled a very nice odor. He asked Jibril about this pleasant scent and Jibril informed him this good smell was coming from the grave of the woman whose duty used to be to comb Pharaoh’s daughter’s hair.

This woman was a good, pious believer. One day, as she was combing Pharaoh’s daughter’s hair, the comb fell from her hand. At this she said, “Bismillah.” Pharaoh’s daughter asked her, “Do you have a god other than my father?” The woman said, “Yes. My Lord and the Lord of your father is Allah.”

Pharaoh’s daughter told her father what had happened. Pharaoh demanded this woman blaspheme and leave Islam, but she refused. At that, Pharaoh threatened to kill her children. He brought a great pot of water and built a great fire under it.

When the water boiled, Pharaoh brought her children and started to drop them into that pot one after the other.

Throughout all this, the woman remained steadfast to Islam, even when Pharaoh reached her youngest child–a little boy still breast feeding–but she felt pity for him. At that, Allah enabled this child to speak.

He said to his mother, “O Mother, be patient. The torture of the Hereafter is far more severe than the torture of this life, and do not be reluctant, because you are right.”

At this the woman requested Pharaoh collect her bones and the bones of her children and bury them in the same grave.

Pharaoh promised her that–then dropped her into that boiling water. She died as a martyr. The good odor the Prophet smelled coming from her grave is an indication of her high status.

4- During his trip, the Prophet saw people who were planting and reaping in two days. Jibril told the Prophet, “These were the people who fight for the sake of Allah (mujahidun).

5- The Prophet also saw people whose lips and tongues were clipped with scissors made of fire. Jibril told the Prophet, “These are the speakers of sedition (fitna) who call people to misguidance.”

6- He also saw a bull which exited a very small outlet, then was trying in vain to return through that small outlet. Jibril told the Prophet, “This is the example of the bad word–once spoken, it cannot be returned.”

7- The Prophet saw people grazing like animals, with very little clothing on their private parts. Jibril told the Prophet, “These are the ones who refused to pay zakat. “.

8- The Prophet saw angels smashing some people’s heads with rocks. These heads would return to the shape they had been, and then the angels would smash their heads again–and so on. Jibril told the Prophet, “These are the ones whose heads felt too heavy to perform prayer–the ones who used to sleep without praying.”

9- On his journey the Prophet saw people who were competing to eat some rotten meat–ignoring meat that was sliced and unspoiled. Jibril told the Prophet, “These are people from your nation who leave out that which is permissible (halal), and consume that which is forbidden ((haram). “This reference was to the fornicators, that is, the ones who left out the permissible (marriage) and committed sins (fornication).

10- Also, the Prophet saw people who were drinking from the fluid coming from the bodies of the fornicators, (water mixed with blood). Jibril indicated to the Prophet these were the ones who were drinking the alcohol which is prohibited in this world.

11- The Prophet saw people scratching their faces and chests with brass finger nails. Jibril said, “These are the examples of those who commit gossip ((ghibah).

Al-Mi’raj

1- After the Prophet took this night journey from Masjid al-Haram to Masjid al-Aqsa, he ascended to the upper heavens. The Prophet ascended to the heaven on stairs, called al-mirqat, in which one step is made of gold and the next of silver, and so on. These stairs are veiled from us.

The Prophet ascended these stairs until he reached the first heaven. When the Prophet and Jibril arrived at the first heaven, Jibril requested the gate to be opened.

The angel assigned to that gate asked Jibril, “Who is with you?” Jibril answered, “It is Muhammad.”

The angel asked Jibril, “Was he dispatched? Is it time for him to ascend to the heaven?” Jibril said, “Yes.” So, the gate was opened for him, and Prophet Muhammad entered the first heaven.

There, Prophet Muhammad saw Prophet Adam. To Adam’s right, the Prophet saw some bodies, and to Adam’s left, other bodies.

If Adam would look to his right he would laugh, and if he would look to his left he would cry. Adam was seeing the souls of his descendants. Those on his right were his descendants who would die as believers and those on his left were his descendants who would die as non-believers.

Then the Prophet ascended to the second heaven. In this second heaven was where Prophet Muhammad saw Prophets Isa and Yahya. Isa and Yahya are cousins; their mothers were sisters. They welcomed the Prophet and made supplication (du’a) for him for good things.

The Prophet ascended to the third heaven, where he found Prophet Yusuf. Prophet Yusuf was extremely handsome. Allah bestowed half the beauty on Yusuf. Yusuf received the Prophet with a warm welcome and made supplication (du’a') for him for good things.

Then the Prophet ascended to the fourth heaven, where he found Prophet Idris. Idris welcomed the Prophet and made supplication (du’a') for him for good things.

In the fifth heaven, the Prophet encountered Harun, the brother of Prophet Musa.

In the sixth heaven, he encountered Prophet Musa. Each of these Prophets received Prophet Muhammad with a warm welcome and made supplication (du’a) for him for good things.

Then the Prophet ascended to the seventh heaven, and that is where our Messenger saw Prophet Ibrahim. Prophet Ibrahim is the best of the prophets after our prophet, Muhammad.

The Prophet saw Prophet Ibrahim with his back against al-Bayt al-Ma’mur.

To the inhabitants of the skies, al-Bayt al-Ma’mur is like the Ka’bah is to us, the inhabitants of the earth.

Every day 70,000 angels go there; then exit from it, and never return. The next day another 70,000 angels go, come out, and never return. This will continue until the Day of Judgment. In this, there is an indication as to the greatness of the numbers of the angels–their numbers are far more than the numbers of the humans and the jinns together.

In the seventh heaven, Prophet Muhammad saw Sidrat al-Muntaha–a very big tree of sidr. Each of the fruits of this tree is as large as a big jar. The leaves of this tree are similar to the ears of the elephants. Sidrat al-Muntahais an extremely beautiful tree. It is visited by butterflies made of gold. When these butterflies gather on this tree, its beauty is beyond description.

Then the Prophet ascended to what is beyond the seven skies; he entered Paradise. He saw examples of the inhabitants of Paradise and how their situation would be. He saw most of the inhabitants of Paradise are the poor people .

The Prophet saw other things on the night of his ascension. He saw Malik, the angel in charge of the Hellfire. Malik did not smile at the Prophet when he saw him, and the Prophet asked why. In answer to the Prophet’s question, Jibril said, “Malik did not smile since the day Allah created him. Had he smiled for anyone, he would have smiled for you.”

In Paradise, the Prophet saw some of the bounties Allah prepared for the inhabitants of Paradise. He saw the Hurul-Ain: females Allah created who are not humans or jinn. They are in Paradise and will be married to those men Allah willed them to marry.

The Prophet saw the wildan ul-mukhalladun: creations of Allah who are not human, jinn, or angels. They are a very beautiful creation of Allah whose appearance is like laid-out pearls.

They are servants of the inhabitants of Paradise. The least in status of the People of Paradise will have 10,000 wildan ul-mukhalladun to serve him. Each one of them would carry a tray of gold in one hand and a tray of silver in the other hand.

The Prophet saw the Throne (Arash), which is the ceiling of Paradise. The Throne is the largest creation of Allah in size; Allah did not create anything bigger in size than it.

The seven heavens and the earth in comparison to the Kursiyy, are like a ring thrown in a desert, and the Kursiyy in comparison to the Throne, is like a ring thrown in a desert.

The seven heavens and the earth in comparison to the Throne are like a seed of mustard compared to the ocean. Allah created the Throne as a sign of His Power and He did not create the Throne to sit on it.

Allah created the Throne to show His Power. It is carried by four angels, and on the Day of Judgment, it will be carried by eight.

The Prophet said he was permitted to speak about one of these angels who carry the Throne.

In describing this angel, the Prophet told us the distance between his ear lobe and shoulder is the distance a fast-flying bird would cover in 700 years.

Then the Prophet ascended beyond Paradise. He reached a place where he heard the creaking of the pens used by the angels who are copying from the Preserved Tablet.

It is at that location Prophet Muhammad heard the Kalam of Allah, which is an attribute of the Self of Allah. He heard the Kalam of Allah which does not resemble our speech–so it is not something that occurs bit after bit. It is not letter after letter or a word that comes after another word. Rather, it is an attribute of Allah which is eternal and everlasting. It does not resemble our attributes. The Kalam of Allah has neither silence nor interruptions. It is an attribute of Allah, and it does not resemble the attributes of the creation.

The Prophet understood several things from hearing this Kalam of Allah. He understood the obligation of the five Obligatory Prayers. At first, Allah obligated fifty prayers. When Prophet Muhammad encountered Musa, Musa told him to make supplication (du’a) to his Lord to ease the obligation of fifty (50) prayers, because his nation could not handle that.

Musa said, “I have experience with the people of Israel, and I know your nation cannot bear that.”

So the Prophet asked his Lord to lessen these prayers for his people. Five prayers were eliminated.

Once again, Musa told the Prophet to ask Allah to lessen the number of prayers. Allah did.

Nine times the Prophet made supplication to Allah to lessen these prayers–until these prayers were lessened to five Obligatory Prayers.

So Prophet Musa was a great benefit to us. Had we been obligated to pray fifty prayers a day, this would have been a difficult matter for us.

From the Kalam of Allah, the Prophet also understood that a good deed would be written for the person who intends to do a good deed, even if he did not do it.

Also, the good deed performed would be registered for he who performs it as at least ten good deeds–up to 700 good deeds. For some people, Allah would multiply the reward of their deeds more than that.

Additionally, if one performs a bad deed, it is registered for him as one bad deed; yet for he who inclines towards committing a bad deed and then refrains from committing it, a good deed would be registered for him.

Here one should note the difference between two matters.

If a thought crossed a person’s mind about doing something sinful, and this person wavered in this thinking, i.e., considered whether he should do it or not, then he refrained from doing this for the sake of Allah, this is written as a good deed.

However, if a person has the firm intention in his heart that he wants to commit a sin, it would be written for him as a sin, even if he does not do it.

The Prophet Returns to Makkah

After all these matters took place with the Prophet, he returned to the city of Makkah. Some scholars said the Prophet’s journey took about one-third of the night, i.e., his journey from Makkah to Jerusalem, then to the heavens and what is above them, and then back to Makkah.

The next day the Prophet told the people what happened to him the previous night.

The blasphemers belied the Prophet and mocked him, saying, “We need a month to get there and back, and you are claiming to have done all this in one night?”

They said to Abu Bakr, “Look at what your companion is saying. He says he went to Jerusalem and came back in one night.”

Abu Bakr told them, “If he said that, then he is truthful. I believe him concerning the news of the heavens–that an angel descends to him from the heavens. How could I not believe he went to Jerusalem and came back in a short period of time–when these are on earth?”

At that, the Companion, Abu Bakr, was called “as-Siddiq”–because of how strongly he believed all what the Prophet said.

The blasphemous people questioned the Prophet: “If you are truthful, then describe to us Masjid al-Aqsa and its surroundings.”

They asked this because they knew Prophet Muhammad had never been there before the previous night.

Allah enabled the Messenger to see Masjid al-Aqsa, and he described the masjid and its surroundings in exact detail.

Moreover, the Prophet said, “On my way back, I saw some of your shepherds grazing their animals in a particular location. They were searching for a camel they had lost.”

The Prophet continued by giving the description of the camel. When these shepherds came back, they told their people what happened to them–precisely as the Prophet had already told them.

These blasphemers admitted the Prophet’s description was exact.

Despite that, they were still stubborn and rejected the faith. They did not accept Islam.

Only those whom Allah willed to be guided, will be guided. The person whom Allah did not will to be guided, will not believe–regardless of how much explanation or how many proofs he is shown.

The person whom Allah willed to be guided, surely he will be a believer. Many people witnessed miracles and still did not believe.

Many people witnessed the miracle of the Prophet’s splitting of the moon. Those who refused to embrace Islam said, “This is magic. Muhammad played a magic trick on our eyes.”

They even asked the people of a faraway land who witnessed the moon split in two. Despite this, they still did not believe.

They said, “The magic of Muhammad is powerful; it even reached the faraway lands!”

This was their response to witnessing a miracle–instead of believing and becoming Muslims.

We ask Allah that we would all die as Muslims. We ask Allah to bestow on us the bounty of entering Paradise without torture.

And Allah knows best.

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Now, all these while, no one has been speaking about the first thing that Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam did upon being in the Presence of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala in the Arash above Jannatul Firdaus, the 7th Heaven @ Paradise.

Upon witnessing the beauty and greatness of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala, the very first words coming out of Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam, was ‘At-tahiyyatul-mubarakatus-salawatut-tayyibatu-Lillah’ meaning,' All greetings that are blessed and all prayers that are good are due to Allah!'

The Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam responded with , ‘As-salamu alayna wa ‘ala ibadillah his salihin’ meaning ‘ Peace be upon us, and upon all righteous servants of Allah!’ sharing the Blessings of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala with all righteous Muslims.

The Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam then raised his forefinger and testified ‘ Ash hadu alla ilaha ill Allah!’ meaning ‘I bear witness that there is no god other than Allah!’

The Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam responds by honoring the Prophet Ibrahim and his family members (the Prophet’s forefathers -going back to the Prophet Ismail Alaihis Salam who is the first born of Prophet Ibrahim with his second wife Siti Hajar) ‘Kama sallayta ‘ala Ibrahim wa ‘ala alihi ‘Ibrahim’ meaning ‘As You have bestowed Your Grace upon Ibrahim and upon his family!‘

The Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam then praises the Prophet Ibrahim and members of his family with ‘Kama barakta ‘ala Ibrahim wa ‘ala alihi Ibrahim!‘ meaning ‘ As You have blessed Ibrahim and his family!’.

The Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam then caps it off with saluting Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala with ‘ Fil Alamina Innaka Hamidum Majid‘ meaning ‘ Truly in all the worlds, You are the Most Praiseworthy, the Most Glorious!’

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This is what I, Zainol Abideen @ Mahaguru58, figure is the actualization of the impact of the Blessed Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wassallam's ascension to the highest Paradise by the Will of Allah Azza Wa Jalla, where this historic moment in history of us who are Muslims gets to be re-enacted eternally in the rukuns of our solat and to those who have the yearnings to study in depth about our faith ought to come to realize that the Attahiyyat is just that.

It is a permanent remembrance of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ibni Abdullah's historic life changing meeting with our Creator Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, Malikul Mulk, Who honors His Greatest Messenger with such an appointment and gives the order to perform the solat which encompasses all the prayers and ibadah of all of Allah's 124,000 noble Prophets and Messengers Alaihis Salatuwassallam.

I come to this conclusion based upon my own study and research and if what I have concluded is in line with our Aqeedah, I praise none but Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for this thought.

If I am wrong, I welcome any Muslim who is better informed to advice me as to where I conclude wrongly for the sake of improving our mutual knowledge and 'Ilm of Islam.

May Allah Azza Wa Jalla continue to guide us with His Taufik and Hidayah for the betterment of the Ummah. Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin.

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That is the significance of our reciting the Attahiyyat as the closing part of our solat.

We are re-enacting the Ascension of our Nabiyyil Karim Muhammad al Mustafa Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam to the Seven Heavens and then being granted Permission by Allah to be in His Glorious Presence.

Try visualising the experience of Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam meeting Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala and imagine the impact of that meeting which we Muslims, billions of us repeat glorifying Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala and His Messenger Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam during our each solat whether it’s the fardhu solat or the sunnat prayers.

The solat is not only a manifestation of the importance of our spiritual ascension to the Presence of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala but it is the most important aspect of our religious practice of our faith which is both a body and soul experience and spiritual journey for us.

Insya Allah, I will share more about our faith as Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala permits me.

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Well, to these obviously short sighted and blinkered folks, I'd like to draw their attention that its nothing as such!

Its just a nickname you imbeciles!

Get out of your mental rut and start opening your eyes to the reality that this is just a blog and not the Holy Scripture professing my holiness or whatever self imagined catastrophe you deduce!!!

I'm just a Muslim blogger for God's Sake sharing my views of whatever I feel strongly about and blogging as I can while I am still able to?

He knows me better than you confused lot!

Do you seriously believe that I, a mortal being claim any such glory that is truly reserved for Him, my beloved Allahu Rabbul Alamin?

Sheeesh...you must be truly mad if you ever think so?

Go study my articles and see if you can find any evidence of my claim to His Greatness?

By that I direct the above reprimand to the ones questioning my nickname?

Stick to the content of my articles and stop scrutinizing my nick!!!

So help me God!

Allahu Ta'ala that is!

No offense meant to the rest of you, my learned and honorable readers. :)

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